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turtles
Posts: 410 - Karma: 30

this is a lame topic but i figured there might be other people who have this same problem..  For the past like 4 years ive been completely absolutely doing nothing in school, not paying attention in class, not really doing homework. getting usually an f, couple d's, and maybe 1 or 2 b's or c's.  I'm not repeating my sophmore year  and turning 17 in a few months and shit is starting to matter, and with the grades i have now i don't even know if ille be able to graduate let  alone go to college. i've taken iq tests tried add meds, and everyone i see tells me how they don't understand why i don't do better in school because sometimes there are moments where i feel like studying and study for my test the next day and then get an A... then go back to my old habits. people think i don't give a shit but i really do and i dont really know how to shake this habit, no matter how much i want to do well (which i know im smart enough to do so) i can't make myself do it, i will try hard for like 3 days then get incredibly lazy again and stop doing shit. anyone ever had a similiar experience? im getting pretty desperate because I atleast want to graduate and would like to maybe go to college someday.

Nov 20 2008 9:39AM
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ilikeplants
Posts: 1868 - Karma: 17
i've got the same motivation for school as you. i start out good for the first few weeks and then i realize how pointless it all is, say fuck it and go ski. i really want to do good in school too but i have no motivation, probably because i see no reward from it. seems like i get more freedom if i say i am doing good rather than if i do good. dont have any help for you. i jsut take like as it is, do work when i feel like doing work and do whatever i want to help my skiing career.
Nov 20 2008 9:45AM
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urbanjib
Posts: 1801 - Karma: 255
yea dude i had the exact same problem...its called

STOP BEING SO FUCKING LAZY!!!

get yourself motivated, compete with that smart-ass kid in your class, and show the bitch up...prove that a dirty hood rat skiier can make grades too...you need to just get excited, and treat it like a game...do your HW when you get home, and study 20 min each day for a week before the test...its not hard dude...just do it
Nov 20 2008 9:46AM
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notomatoplz
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do your parents support you? you could tell them that you want to change your attitude and do well enough in school to graduate and find a decent career but you need there help. if you really care like you say you can get them to force you to do your homework and stuff. i personally find it easy to just bare down and get my work done and then socialize later. (mind you im only in grade 10 so it will get harder i guess) but when you havnt done shit for 4 years its really hard to catch up on that. you just gotta get the support of others and when it comes time to do your work or listen to what the teachers saying just think of how much you would rather graduate from highschool
Nov 20 2008 9:52AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
have you tried not smoking pot for a semester
Nov 20 2008 10:08AM
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clrumivier4life
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High school was somewhat similiar for me, except instead of f's and d's i was like C's and B's (and maybe a D in there somewhere), but I hardly did anything. Rarely did homework or studied. Then come junior year, when I realized college applications and stuff were coming up, I got serious. Starting I think second semester junior year, I had a 4.0, but still with little work. High school really isn't that much work at all. An hour MAX on homework a day? That's nothing.

In the end, it kind of bit me in the ass. I got admitted to MSU, but not till the winter semester. So i had to spend a semester at community college. BUT, I have not recieved anything less than a 4.0 in college thus far, and I'm in my junior year.

Moral of the story, sometime around junior year in high school, something clicked and I got really serious.
Nov 20 2008 10:16AM
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shibby
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I have a similar problem but I don't think it's as severe. I really struggle to get school work done and I have trouble paying attention in class. Now that I think of it I have trouble focusing on a lot of shit. I'm going to a doctor soon hopefully and I'll definitely bring up ADD.

Since you're still in high school and your parents probably still have some say in what you do, set up a type of reward system with them. For instance, you can't go skiing until you do your homework (it could be video games, TV, friends, whatever), make sure you get them to enforce this. You could also create a routine where you do your homework the second you get home or right after dinner. This shit can be really hard to do, I've never even put a foot forward to start (testament to my problem) but hopefully if you're truly determined to get motivated you can work together with your parents and figure your shit out.

I can't help you out more than that though mang, as I said I'm in a similar situation.  
Nov 20 2008 11:07AM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,403
same here, like im in my business class right now and not listening to the teacher. I had all A's the first 2 months of school but now i have 1 F, 3 C's, 2 B's, and 1 A in pe
Nov 20 2008 11:16AM
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KooDellKah
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The greatest motivation I ever got was working in a warehouse for a summer and realizing that there was no way that I would do that to support myself for the rest of my life.

Also, if your issue is starting your homework, make an hourly schedule of your days, block out time (can be just an hour especially if you're still in hs) to to homework (preferably the same time every day) and STICK TO IT. If you force yourself to do just 1 hour a day (as hard as it may be at times), you'd be amazed what happens.

Treating it like a challenge or a game as someone else said is also a really good strategy.

That's all I got.
Nov 20 2008 11:50AM
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ax_murderer
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word, im taking a semester off hoping that reality is going to smack some sense into me and get me working. i do nothing.
Nov 20 2008 2:43PM
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Nico_G
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dude this is my problem too, I smoke too much weed but the other thing is even if i dont smoke weed i dont do that well. Like the best ive ever done was 3.24 my sophmore year in highschool and thats when i started smoking weed alot. But I mean like now im in college and i still feel like a piece of shit. I mean like its the first semester and shit and i have to get used to it but like i think ill do better next semester. Just get yourself motivated any way. Go do some shrooms and realize what you need to do.(jk) but just get your ass up, i know exactly how you feel. I hate school I just wanna work really and make money but like you know you need to get your school shit done so you can geet a good job in the future and get money get paid.
Nov 20 2008 2:50PM
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skier_boy26
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i just worked on a couple projects for like the past 40 out of 55 hours, so i can't empathize too much, even though i procrastinate a ton.

you just have to stop being lazy, cut the weed (assumption by your screenname), hack out some chill time, lose the tv and internet shit, and just do the fucking work. No motivation? maybe some people are meant to fail. It is absurdly easy to get pretty decent grades (into the Bs) and with some effort, As are readily obtainable too. Sounds like you dug yourself into some nasty work ethic, and well, if you don't just fuckin sack up, well... shit, you'll probably waste high school and beyond.
Nov 20 2008 3:33PM
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dozerr
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high school is a fucking joke, there is no reason you should fail a high school class. get back to me when you are in college
Nov 20 2008 3:46PM
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2+2=5
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why are you even contemplating on going to college? i hate how so many kids think they can do it just because their parents say so
Nov 20 2008 4:09PM
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yellav
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i failed out of college last year just because the classes i was taking really did not interest me at all and i was kind of an idiot when it came being motivated schoolwise. my parents got super mad at me, kicked me out of their house this summer so i lived with a friend and i've now gypsyed my way out to salt lake city. unless you plan on doing something illegal to support yourself for the rest of your life, do well in high school and college. working in a warehouse for $10 an hour sucks dick and there are plenty of people who do it their whole life and they're miserable. try and find some electives to take that interest you to boost your grades and just try and make the best of it. luckily i've kinda found a way to make my way through life pretty smoothly, eventually i want to go back and get a degree in anthropology because i know its something i'll do really well in and enjoy doing the work.


i dont know if that will help you at all but whatever. thats my experience on the topic.
Nov 20 2008 4:17PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
worked pretty damn well for me.
Nov 20 2008 4:38PM
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Bepo
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mcdonalds is always hiring
Nov 20 2008 4:41PM
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Casey
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You CAN do well in school, you just don't. It took a long time to learn bad habits, and it will take a while to learn good ones. Basically though, the reason that a CEO makes millions and a construction worker makes 40k a year is because school sucks balls, and most people find a reason not to finish it out. You have to always remember that it is worth your while to do well in school. If you think you don't care about getting a good job making money, you do. Trust me, you care a lot. You just don't realize it yet.
Nov 20 2008 8:15PM
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andrew.
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ive been having the same problem lately too. i have pretty severe ADHD, and recently stopped taking my meds, but i might start going back on them. things are getting out of hand. i cant focus at all, i cant bring myself to study or do homework, no matter how hard i try, and it seems like ive tried everything. idk. just try to push youself and realize just how important this stuff is and how much of your life depends on how you did in high school. best of luck man.
Nov 20 2008 8:20PM
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EH_DUBS
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man i know what you mean my last year in grade 10 i barely passed any of my classes.

what worked for me is i started wanting to go to film school really bad. like id always thought about it but i dunno i never really decided on it.

well if you didnt know film school is fucking expensive. and the one that im looking at has like really limited seating. i know to get into that its more your portfolio and what you can show them (film wise). but i realized grades would help me to pick up lots of little scholorships on the way to help pay for it and really they wont hurt at all.

i got straight a's this year so far now. my parents are like freaking out its kinda funny haha.

anyway find something to motivate you, or just do your homework to like...crazy pump up techno and just yell while you do it or something
Nov 20 2008 8:25PM
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mr_grom
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Its kind of the same situation with me, except i have had a 4.0 my entire life.  I really don't care too much for school.  I don't try, but everything comes easy to me.  All you have to do is ask your parents to make you do your homework right when you get home.  Tell them you need help and they have probably been in the same situation at some point in their lives.  They will help you.  Also, ask your teachers for some extra help, too.  You can do it.
Nov 20 2008 8:26PM
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chody_miller33
Posts: 766 - Karma: -38
shit yah flipin burgers makin millions. ok yah just bare down bro and think boutm wht u do before  udo it think ok if  i do not listen and if i dont listen i will get an f. and if i get an f  i will be flipping bugers at macdonalds and u will be skin on a couple french fries dude just work hard it will PAY OFF trust me.
Nov 20 2008 8:26PM
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.Asain-Skiier
Posts: 3708 - Karma: 977
just think...
and dont fantisive about hot teacher
Nov 20 2008 8:27PM
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Soundgarden
Posts: 164 - Karma: 19
the biddies dont wanna fuck retards dude. just htink of it liek that for motivation.
Nov 20 2008 8:29PM
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VTtreeskier
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Theres no brilliant answer to this question, nothing someone can tell you that will provide you with a sudden epiphany. If you sincerely want to do well your the only one who can do something about it. Yeah you can ask your folks/teachers for help, but what it comes down to is not being lazy and doing your work. Im not saying study your ass off or anything like that but you gotta have the motivation to at least get shit done and its your choice to do it.
Nov 20 2008 8:33PM
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An10a_Eng
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vote democrat...its easier than working
Nov 20 2008 10:51PM
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popNfresh44
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all you have to do is man up and get your work/studying done. laziness is not an excuse for a medical condition. we all feel like slacking off, its just some of us have the self-discipline to get 'er done.
Nov 20 2008 10:54PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
thats dumb
Nov 20 2008 10:58PM
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smuggsVT
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i hate to say it but if you are smoking too much weed it really will make you unmotivated.   I didn't want to admit it but over the summer i was smoking several times a day most days and i was the most useless blob of shit for most of the summer.   then school rolled around and i only smoke some weekends now and i am actually getting my shit done.  amazing how that works. 
Nov 20 2008 11:01PM
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4frnt_4_life
Posts: 183 - Karma: 10
stop doing weed and start doing speed so then you can have boundless energy to use to pay attention
Nov 20 2008 11:08PM
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breckfreeskier
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uhh, your name is captain dank nugs. Might that have something to do with it?
Nov 20 2008 11:08PM
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4frnt_4_life
Posts: 183 - Karma: 10
no dont actually do speed just do less of that bubonic chronic
Nov 20 2008 11:11PM
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turtles
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i mean im not gunna lie for a while there i was tokin like 10 or 15 times a day but thathas prty much stopped now i was doin some hard shit for a while but im over it, not sayin drugs are bad or anything but i would rather do well now, then get a good job, and blow all my money on ski equipment and drugs. but i read all of those and some of them were pretty helpful, some i had heard before, and some were just the truth.    but i think im just gunna start sitting down and like fuckin smash my head into the desk if i stop doing work or somethin idk nothing works  a few weeks ago i tried taping my legs to the chair and moving all my shit that could distract me away from me... idk haha i just feel like an idiot, and i don't really feel like going to college that mucchh but if i got in and had the money i would... but i atleast want to graduate like u cant do shit without a high school diploma
Nov 20 2008 11:11PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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I really wish that worked for my brother. All it did was make him realize he didn't want to go to college anymore. I put some of the blame on my parents though, they kept paying for him to live on campus and giving him money to live on, which most of which he spends on fast food for his girlfriend, and weed.
But hopefully it works for you.
Nov 20 2008 11:12PM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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fuck this shit about working harder. Let me tell you man, this is what you do. Your obviously not motivated to go to school, so just do the least you can to pass. pass thats all you need to do, dont even worry about the mark so long as you get one.

but wait, you want to go to university ... you can. As your not motivated now, you probably wont be motivated next year...and unless university suddenly becomes free, your going to want to be motivated.

You like to ski? Take 2 years off, ski your fucking brains out, live the life, be a ski bumb.

After you have had a taste of real life at min wage you can then decide .. is this what I want to do for  life? if the answer is yes .. then fuckin A .. rock on my brother ... but if suddenly living off pocket change in your beater truck, and cliping lift tickets in the parking lot, after you eat abandond caf food,  isnt what you had in mind then great, you got to ski, live the dream and now you have your motivation ... go back to school ...

But your marks sucked ... how can you go to school? well, 2 years after the fact you are now "mature" or a "mature student" so long as you passed the pre reqs your in ... go to school, ski a little less, apply your self cuz your paying the bills and you know how bad min wage sucks.

Nov 22 2008 8:53AM
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VT_FLO
Posts: 3806 - Karma: 147
you're probably depressed
Nov 22 2008 9:53AM
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KravtZ
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yo fo real....adderol or some other medicine. dont go and buy it from some dumb kid go get an actual diagnostis for add or watever i did it even tho its my last year in high school i was just like you i went from gettin f's, c's some b's to making the honor rolll. i cant explain it but sounds like you are just like me and this would prob help you
Nov 22 2008 11:39AM
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nickrdwd
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this is what i do and it works well. i come home go on the internet and shit and then after dinner i jus go into my room where theres no tv or internet and jus do my homework. now im just in the habit of doing a little work everyday after dinner and its really not bad at all. if oyu just do anything like this itll help finding a daily routine is really nice

Nov 22 2008 1:28PM
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